Portland Indian Community - PortlandIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 10/22/1937

Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1967Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins.
2/25/1869Anand Shankar Bapubhai Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of monthly magzine 'Vasant' , was born.
7/1/1991Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
5/31/1756Jose Cusodio Faria was born in Candolim of Goa. He was a revolutionary scientist and also known as Abbe Faria.
12/10/1932The Indian Military Academy (IMA) was formally inaugurated by Field Marshal Sir Philip W Chetwode, Bt, GOB, KCMG, GCSI, DSO and was christened as ""The Pioneers"". The crowning event was delivered in the hall, now named after him, and in the address to the trainees, he enunciated three principles: 'the safety, honour, and welfare of your country comes first, always and everytime', which were to guide the future officers of the Indian Army . A passage from this address has come to acquire immortality and has been adopted as the credo of the Acad
7/10/2000Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles.
9/21/1857Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.
4/20/1997Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.